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October 2010 Global Health Matters eNewsletter

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October 2010

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Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

HHS partners with PEPFAR

HHS is partnering with PEPFAR to invest as much as $130 million over five years to transform African medical education and dramatically increase the number of health care workers.
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Focus on the Recovery Act

NIH partners on clean cookstoves initiative

NIH is participating in a new partnership to address indoor air pollution caused by cookstoves, one of the top five health risks in developing countries.
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woman, barefoot, squats on the floor next to a cooking fire, dark smoke fills the air, no visible chimney or ventilation

Japanese fellow Dr. Atsushi Tanaka in lab full of materials, wearing white lab coat

US-Japanese collaborations yield results

U.S.-Japanese research collaborations not only provide scientists of both nationalities the opportunity to train in new areas but also spur discoveries that might not otherwise occur.
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Scholars, Fellows gather to share findings

Several hundred alumni of the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows program gathered near the NIH campus recently for their first-ever reunion and scientific symposium.
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Two young men, mud on their shirts, stand in front of murky brown water, one holds large bucket on his shoulder

Fogarty receives Pakistan grant

A Fogarty team of scientists has received a three-year grant to study water, sanitation and health in Pakistan.
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Upcoming Events

mHealth Summit
November 8-10, 2010 - Washington, DC
The key opportunity for leaders in government, private sector/industry, academia and not-for-profit organizations to share information and experiences related to the intersection of mobile technology, health research, and policy.
NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
March 21-22, 2011 - Bethesda, MD
Researchers, evaluators and implementers engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research approaches that will advance dissemination and implementation science.
Deadline for proposals: November 12, 2010
> Fogarty Calendar of Events

Funding Opportunities: Upcoming Deadlines

Limited Competition for the Global Research Initiative Program, Basic/Biomedical Sciences (R01) - Deadlines Non-AIDS January 2011; AIDS March 10, 2011
Limited Competition for the Global Research Initiative Program, Behavioral/Social Sciences (R01) - Deadlines Non-AIDS January 2011; AIDS March 10, 2011
>> All Fogarty Funding Opportunities

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